3/25/2021 0 Comments Chalino Sanchez Discography Rar
Hes no mere singer: as I wrote in OC Weekly earlier this year, Hes the most influential musician in the United States of the past quarter-centuryno one comes even close.Modern-day regional Mexican music is just one Chalinillo (Chalino imitator) after another, as everyone tries to reproduce his swagger, his rough voice, and even how he wore his Stetson to no avail.Since his May 16, 1992 assassination after a concert in Sinaloa, what little American coverage Chalino has received has reduced him to a writer of narcocorridos drug ballads.
He wrote hundreds of such songs, and his sparse prose backed by the hard-charging simplicity of conjunto norteo makes every Chalino tune a three-minute Western. Chalino usually sang in the first or third person, but he directly addresses his brother through most of the song. ![]() Chalino boasts that the songs namesake is always seen well-dressed with boots and a Stetson, in a new car, and with an American pistol. And although Juan is chaparrito, Chalino says dont take Juan lightly: Anyone who puts a hand on himWill say goodbye to the world. Thats what makes this song so fascinatingit details fraticide between the perfectly named Mata brothers. The motivation Pedros steer wandered into his unnamed brothers milpa, where the brother killed itand he shot Pedro for asking about it. Dont you care to leave in tearsOur beloved mother a dying Pedro asks before shooting his brother in the forehead. At one point, he cracks, Girl, youre more of a hassle than gargling upside downrancho love at its best. Chalino gets particularly graphicthe men were found with their intestines exposedand a dog ate them. He ends with this biblical warning: Bad companyleaves nothing good. I wont do it for you, but find YouTube videos of the song cued to photos of the crime scene, and youll see how talented Chalino was in painting a scene. When the authorities open the coffin, Rosaura and Juan open fire; 14 died, including themselves. And when he did, it was usually a humblebrag, as in this song. Renato loves the womenAnd also to bring along the band. Ever the chronicler, he turns starkly realistic toward the end: The village is dyingthe cemetery is getting biggerYear after year its the sameIn those months of MayOne, two or three remainWidows and mothers crying. He remains the author of Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America.
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